Strong’s H2749 · Hebrew
חַרְטֹם
charṭôm
khar-tome'
Definition
{a horoscopist (as drawing magical lines or circles)}
Etymology
(Aramaic) the same as H2748 (חַרְטֹם)
Where the KJV renders it
- magician
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
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